《生物化學系統學與生態學》致力于發表提交和邀請的兩個學科領域的原始論文和評論:1)生物化學在與生物系統生物學有關的問題上的應用(生物化學系統學);生物化學在有機體之間或有機體與其環境(生物化學生態學)相互作用中的作用。在生物化學系統學的學科領域，比較研究(次生)代謝物在更廣泛的分類單元(如屬或科)中的分布是受歡迎的。特別鼓勵進行比較研究，包括每個分類群在其分布范圍內的多個組成部分。還歡迎將經典的化學系統學研究(如比較HPLC-MS或GC-MS研究)與(宏觀)分子系統學研究相結合的研究。研究涉及化合物的比較使用，以幫助區分物種，如摻雜劑或替代品，說明應用化學系統學是受歡迎的。相反，僅僅使用大分子系統發育技術(基因序列、RAPD研究等)的研究將被認為是超出范圍的。不鼓勵的手稿，報告已知或新的化合物從單一來源分類單元沒有解決一個系統的假設。使用過時的、難以復制的大分子技術(如RAPDs)與標準的化學系統學技術(如GC-FID和GC-MS)相結合的研究也被認為是超出范圍的。在生物化學生態學的學科領域，研究化合物在產生它們的生物體的生態學中所起的作用。此外，我們還鼓勵那些涉及海拔、地理和季節變化等因素對一級和二級代謝產物表達影響的假說的手稿。研究論文一般應該代表一個完整的調查，而不是初步的數據。初步報告將只在調查結果有足夠的興趣證明有理由迅速發表時才予以審議。只有在報告了重大的化學系統或生態發現的情況下，才會考慮新的來源報告。新的源報告必須以標準格式編寫

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology is devoted to the publication of original papers and reviews, both submitted and invited, in two subject areas: I) the application of biochemistry to problems relating to systematic biology of organisms (biochemical systematics); II) the role of biochemistry in interactions between organisms or between an organism and its environment (biochemical ecology).In the Biochemical Systematics subject area, comparative studies of the distribution of (secondary) metabolites within a wider taxon (e.g. genus or family) are welcome. Comparative studies, encompassing multiple accessions of each of the taxa within their distribution are particularly encouraged. Welcome are also studies combining classical chemosystematic studies (such as comparative HPLC-MS or GC-MS investigations) with (macro-) molecular phylogenetic studies. Studies that involve the comparative use of compounds to help differentiate among species such as adulterants or substitutes that illustrate the applied use of chemosystematics are welcome. In contrast, studies solely employing macromolecular phylogenetic techniques (gene sequences, RAPD studies etc.) will be considered out of scope. Discouraged are manuscripts that report known or new compounds from a single source taxon without addressing a systematic hypothesis. Also considered out of scope are studies using outdated and hard to reproduce macromolecular techniques such as RAPDs in combination with standard chemosystematic techniques such as GC-FID and GC-MS.In the Biochemical Ecology subject area, studies addressing the role compounds play in the ecology of the organisms producing them are invited. Moreover, manuscripts that address hypothesis associated with the influence of factors such as altitude, geography, and seasonal variation on the expression of primary and secondary metabolites are encouraged.Research papers should generally represent a complete investigation and not preliminary data. Preliminary reports will only be considered where findings are of sufficient interest to justify rapid publication. New Source Reports will only be considered in cases where a significant chemosystematic or ecological finding is reported. New Source Reports have to be written in a standard format